Legal Opinion
Valento v. Ulrich
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided March 24, 1987No. C3-86-1768PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Judge.
Appellants Don Valento and the Valento Volunteer Committee brought a defamation action against respondent Kathy Nehm, author of a letter to the editor published in a weekly newspaper. The trial court granted Nehm summary judgment and awarded attorney’s fees under Minn.Stat. § 549.21 (1984). Appellants argue that the court erred in granting summary judgment because there are genuine issues of material fact and that the court abused its discretion in awarding attorney’s fees. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
FACTS
Don Valento was a candidate for re-election to the Minnesota…
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- Blattner v. ForsterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
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